National Magazine Award Long Reads You Probably Haven't Read Yet

The finalists for the 2013 National Magazine Awards were announced Monday, which means we all have some catching up to do. While there were some familiar pieces honored—Frank Rich's New York columns, TheAtlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates's "Fear of a Black President," Sarah Stillman's remarkable "The Throwaways" from TheNew Yorker—there were also some great pieces of long-form journalism you might not have discovered, or completed, or renewed your subscription in time to have enjoyed when these nominees first hit newsstands last year. Herein, some standouts from the writing-specific categories that may not have stood out the first time, for your couch and/or train ride home tonight: